NerdWallet Adds Over 80 New Cards, Best & Worst Additions
by Tim on February 2, 2010
In our continuing quest to index and categorize every credit card available in the United States, we have added cards from Barclays, Simmons First, PenFed, First National Bank of Omaha, Amalgamated Bank of Chicago, First Command Bank, and Heartland Bank. We hope your card selection process benefits from the breadth of our card offerings.
Out of the 84 new cards we added, a few winners and losers stand out.
Winners
Barclays Emigrant Direct MasterCard – Earn 1.4% cash back if you maintain a trailing 6 month deposit balance in excess of $10,000. Earn 0.5% otherwise. A great card for those who seek to earn more than the generic 1% rewards card and have some money locked up in savings accounts.
Lukoil / Getty MasterCard – Earn 4% rewards at Lukoil or Getty stations. Earn 1% everywhere else. Earn double rewards for the first 2 months, a whopping 8% back on gas and 2% on other purchases.
Low APR cards – The new additions dominate our Low APR rankings, with 7.24% APR and 0% balance transfer fee with the Harvard Alumni Association card, 7.25% APR from First Command Bank Platinum, Amalgamated Chicago Union Plus, Simmons First Platinum, and 7.99% APR from several Heartland Bank cards.
Losers
Barclays Juniper PrePaid Card – the worst prepaid card we’ve ever seen, with a $5 monthly fee, $2 ATM fees, and a 5% charge to withdraw money. Annoyingly, the fine print is intentionally difficult to access, on Page 13 of a tiny scroll window.
Barclays FutureTrust – 1% rewards towards your 529 College savings plan makes little sense when you can earn 2% with the Fidelity 529 college card
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Great new additions! Most of these cards are new to me, I haven’t seen them on other sites. I like the Lukoil/Getty card in particular–awesome gas rewards.
Great to see you’re updating the site again! I’ve used your card finder in the past to get great rewards (the Schwab card is my all time fav), so keep it up!